Brahan Seer
Gordon Menzies of Gaberlunzie

I am Coinneach Odhar McKenzie
I am called the Seer of Brahan,
I can see into the future,
Through the stone of the shifting sands.
Chorus:- Hear these words from down the ages,
         Many truths are seen at last,
         The words of Coinneach Odhar McKenzie
         Future echoes of the past.

When there shall rise within Strathpeffer,
five most high and holy spires
Mighty ships will fly in glory
and anchor in Strathpeffer skies,
Round the hills of Tomnahurich
full rigged ships their cargos shed,
While shackles round that fairy hillside
chain the spirits of the ancient past. Chorus:-

Alas with grief I see Culloden,
ere many generations fly,
the widows tear s that drown Drumrossie,
the bravest of the clans must die,
Sad the days of dark destruction,
black the blood that rots the grass,
As brothers against brother battles,
all these things will come to pass, Chorus:-

When clansmen wear the garb of strangers,
moors will turn to fertile land,
Rich men richer, poor men poorer,
evil days befall Scotland,
Men will flee before the sheep,
to unknown islands across the sea,
The mighty stag will rule the highlands
all these things I plainly see, Chorus:-

Now I see the black rain falling,
northland wasted shore to shore
The exiles hear the highlands calling,
Return to claim their lands once more,
But I have offended the Seaforth lady,
the witches charge upon me laid,
her lord philaderers o'er the water,
but truth had better silent stayed, Chorus:-

Before I burn at Chanonry
one final prophesy I'll call
When Seaforths lord is dead and dumb,
the house of Seaforth then shall fall,
Four strong sons Mackenzie sires,
shall precede him to the tomb,
A hooded lass will then inherit,
but she will bring her sister's doom, Chorus:-

And all these things have come to pass